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WAR ADMIRALS ATTACKED

LLOYD GEORGE'S MEMOIRS

POWERFUL CHINS MISLED PUBLC

CHARACTERS OF

CABINET

Afr. Lloyd George uses the sen- tence, "The tale in one which does not always give me any plenaure to tell; quite the reverso," in a pre face to the third volume of his "War Memories," published recent .ly.

The book records the author's experience following apon his necession to the Premiership vacat ed by Mr. Aasuith, his difficulties in forming a Government from the party complex cxisting In 1916, his deliberated views regarding the qualifications of the men he had to reckon with, and the economic, naval, military and domestic pro bleme demanding urgent treatment.

"The majority of the Tory Ministers in the Asquith Coalf- tion," he writes, "were definitely opposed to my Premiership,

"To understand their attitude it was necessary to bear in mind that there had never before been a 'ranker' raised to the Premiership certainly not one except Disraeli, who had not passed through the Staff Colleges of the old Univer aitien."

After dealing with the Germinų and American Peace Notes, Mr. Lloyd George turns his attention Lo the submarine menace, In this connection he has many scathing things to say about British Ad- mirals for not showing Initiative, and about Mr. Runelman, President of the Board of Trade, for doing

of events to follow the lend of pro- fessional knowledge.

In the light of what happened at Zeebrugge the following passage is of Interest:

No attempt was elar made by our powerful Navy to turn fis Kront guns on the submarine nests of Flanders. When I ventured to suggest such an idea it was turned down peremptorily."

Admiral Jellicoe belláved that our Grand Fleet could not go nearer to Zeebrugge than 18,000 yards runge. Mr. Lloyd George produces statistics to show that the Mercan- tile Marine during the war "was a far more dangerous service than our official fighting service on the nea."

In Mr. Lloyd George's uplalon the defeat of the submarine attack Wna "the real decision of the war." He describes the work of the Ministry of Shipping, and pays a tribute to the work of Lord Maclay. In giving an necount of the establishment of food control he says, "the food qucation ultimately decided the issue of this war." la connection with the feeding of our Alllen, Mr. Huover attended a meet- ing of the War Cabinet in April 1917. "He is the only President of the US.A.," writes Mr. Llovd George, "who has taken part in the proceedings of a British Cabinet,"

CHARACTER SKETCHES,

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As in the two previous volumes, Mr. Lloyd George Indulges in some distinctly acid character sketches of prominent personalities, notably in his discussion of the political situation when he became l'remier. Of Mr. Churchill he writes:-"His fertile mind, his undoubted cour- age, his untiring industry, and his thorough study of the art of war, would have made him useful member of the War Cabinet. Here his more erratic impulses could have been kept under control and his judgment supervised and checked before plunging into nction. Mon of his ardent tom- porament and powerful mentauty need exceptionally strong breaks,"

The Unionist Ministers would not hear of Me. Churchill, and Mr. Lloyd George had to wait for his opportunity to use him.

Lloyd George writes:--"During the Of Sir Herbert Samuel, Mr.

Our picture shows a view of the race for the Yorkshire Hill Climbing Chem- pionship. Two of the riders are soon taking a flying leap over an obstacle.

little but wring his hands at the prospect of disaster. He considers that the German submarine policy nearly succeeded.

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NARROW ESCAPE, "Had we not found some menns of dealing with the menace not then visible to the fear-dimmed eyes of our Mall Admirals, who had before the War been thinking of navnl warfare in the terms as gigantic Trafalgars between supers Dreadnoughts (with three to two in our favour), and had we not put into operation ideas which never emanated from their brains, and Mome of which they resisted, others of which they delayed, the German reckoning would have been accur

ate."

The evidence produced by Mr. Lloyd George shows that the Admiralty opposed the adoption of the convoy system, which proved, In fact, to be a brilliant success.. The Admiralty persisted in their objections,

"although there were

at the time in the Admiralty papers from experienced submarine officers explaining why it was difficult for a submarine. to attack a convoy." Mr. Lloyd George

noted that Admiral Jellicoe claims some credit for having allowed 8 to 12 of the 100 destroyers attached to the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow to be used during part of 1917 for trade protection on the convoy routes off the Irish conat.

لعدوية

"MEAN ALLOWANCE, "It was," he writes, "a grudging and mean allowance when WA HA fighting for bare 11fo against the stranglehold of the U-s when an attack by the German High Seas Fleet upon our vastly strenger Grand Fleet was un extremely remote possibility. Rut there is no wrath like the cold fury of the professional spirit proved wrong by outsiders, and no folly comparable to its reactions under such conditions. In spite of every- thing the convoy system proved a brilliant success. The Admirals

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but serviceable character."

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The King and Queen of Itaty photographed together with their chlidren and grandchildean at the royal 'country house, San Rossore, near Pisa. The adults of the group are from left to right: Yolanda, daughter of the Earl Calyi di Burgolo, Queen Helena, King Victor Emanuel, Princess Mafalda, Qusan Giovanna of Bulgaria, Princess Maria and Crown-Prines Umberto, and in front of thêm all, the grandchildren of the Royal'House.

AUSTRALIA'S MONSTER

FISHERMEN'S TALE OF ADVENTURE

FIFTY-FOOT REPTILE

An elder and larger brother, or possibly sister, of the Loch Ness monster has appeared near Innix- fail off the Queensland const, says Austral News.

SOVIET PEOPLE LACK OIL

IS IT STORED ON EAST FRONTIER?

PREACHING. HATRED OF JAPAN

Paris, Oct. 2. darkness. Some 50 miles from Rural Rusula lles in complete

Moscow it is almost impossible to fobtain parafin at any price.

say it ta more than 50 ft, long, has Five shermen saw it. They

The country population has gong a long snake-like hend, amall eyes.

back to the burning of prepared protruding teeth, and spikes on its wood splinters, a method of light- fall. It is the nearest approach to ing used in Russia 80 years ago. a plešivamus pipaulieng to have. All the principal necessaries are ertremely expensive In Soviet Enesia.

ken alive.

of thin commodity for tractors and motor-cars,

According to the Soviet Press this year, oil production during the first eight months was 17 per cent. above the level of the correspond- ing period of last year; 15,500,000 tons of oil wero produced during this period, about 80 per cent. of the productive plan.

FAR EAST INFLUENCE.

At the same time exports of oil products fell from 2,600,000, tons during the six months of last year to 2,100,000 tona this year. There In good reason to believe that the excess in production was not all

The director of the Queensland į The Economltcheskain' Jian” af · Museum declines fo hazard an August 30 states that in the urinion about the "monster", "Novgoral district in the Commer- The description given by the party jelal Soviet Shops & pound of aim. a Who saw it did not fit in jaugar costs 6 roubles and a pound with any known living fish or rep-[of white brend 3 roubles 60 (10||-| tite.

Ironbles are equal to a gold £).

re-

The average monthly earnings According to the fishermen the ereature's surprise at the encoun- about 150 roubles.

of a worker in Russia, it is stated. ter was no less than their own. 3 looked at the boat and its occupants, made "several half gasping, half-whistling sounds and then swam off and disappeared.”

ceive a small food ration at a very

It is true that "workers" low price, but no white bread and a quite insufficient quantity of sugar are included in his ration. These products have to be bought, the country. and paraffin is simply lacking in

threats. there was nu exalted pre- cedent for his demeanour. But-he The same newspaper states that did not turn the other cheek to the smiter; be just rushed to his type-

the-Commercial Soviet Shops near- writing machine to record his feel Novgorod have "salt and parall Ings about the blow.

only for Soviet offices and certain "Such an attitude was neither privileged categories of divine nor dignified. In effect, his

Jaumers." In some districts, how- action prolonged the war by its ever, even these privileged con- most destructive years.

sumers are unable to get lamp oil, THE CHIEF' CAUSE.

"The attitude of the President was such as to breed in Germany

con-

Popular in Germany, this "pizsto- mother" measures the head and de- termines = man's race and origin..

consumed, but remained in the Far East

war he had done nothing in parti-

There seems, indeed, something cular, but he had dime Il very well. the not unnatural conviction that Recently Madame Vers Figner,

symbolic in this absence of lamp oil in Soviet Russin. During the He gradually sank out of while, there might be limits to an old revolutionary, and although aight altogether as

last ten days, when the Press of all man, who America's neutrality, there was no not a Communist, a strong sup-ountries gave prominent place to attended to odd jobs of a minor fear that even if she declared war, porter of the regime, and therefore she would and could really fight. persone grata in Moscow, took her "Wilson. If annoyed, would! sim- holiday in the Rinson district (150 little more sulphur in his miles from the capital), and a few ink, that would be all. He had no days afterwards returned in a troops, no guns, no aeroplanes, state of depression, telling her only a portabic typewriting a friends that she and her people hine which elleked harmlessly." were saved from complete darkness Mr. Lloyd George deals in his by the fact that they had taken a final pages with America's unpre-few candles with them

aredness for war, and brings his This shortage of oil is chiefly entry. narrative up to the moment of her due to unsatisfactory transport conditions and an increasing use

Of Mr. Neville Chamberlain he, writes:-"He is a man of rigid' ply put competency. Such men have their ases In conventional times or in conventional positions... But they are lost in an entergenes or in creative tasks..

CHIN VERSUS BRAIN.

A sardonic element enters into a significant reference to Joffre.

"Just like the British public with Kitchener, the French public! and that included soldiers re tained their belief in Joffre long after those who transacted busi- ness with him had eeused to have any faith in his competence.. Ilist resolute countenance Inspired a sense of strength. That is what harried peoplo instinctively seek in trouble.

"They make the mistake of thinking that the seat of intelli- gence is in the chin. Great generals, dictatora, and bruisere always have that grim feature. It gives confidence to their backers. figure. Joffre wus, therefore, Л popular

"Why did they not rumove him? The victory of the Marne saved him from the consequences of his Kravest blunder, That triumph lifted him from penalty to pedestal. Then followed a gruesome series of ropulses, which by every criterion set up by military history would have been ranked as sanguinary defenta."

PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTES.

Writing of America's tardy entry into the war, Mr. Llovd George uses some rasping phrason about President Wilson and his in- ordinate capacity for writing notes.

"He honcatly thought that ho was serving the cause of peace by were in despair over the refusal..potenco for war. Had he issued no an ostentatious display of his im-

the Geneva discussions concerning League almost nothing was publish Soviet Russia'a admission to the ed on this subject in the Moscow Press, drawn attention to the Far Eastern The newspapers have chiefly events.

Long published daily of Far Eastern affair, endeavouring to persuade Russian readers how "impertinent and aggressive" Japan is towards Soviet Russia.

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